Climate fit
Why SS316 works in Kalyan-Dombivli
Around 1,600 millimetres of rain a year on a low-lying river plain, monsoon humidity above 80%, 38°C summers — and the Dombivli MIDC's chemical and dye units adding sulphur and particulates to the damp. Coated mild steel fails at the welds in exactly this mix, and SS304 pits early. SS316's self-passivating surface is the one specification that ignores both the creek and the chemistry.






